He Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia (DOGC) published this Wednesday the resolution that makes the use of face masks mandatory Masks have been mandated in healthcare and residential facilities to combat the worst flu epidemic in 15 years. The document states that everyone aged six and over must wear a mask whenever they are in healthcare facilities—including mental health facilities—or in residential centers for the elderly or people with disabilities. The resolution is valid for 15 calendar days, starting this Wednesday. The resolution affects workers, patients, and visitors of the affected centers, but establishes a series of exceptions. Specifically, patients are exempt from wearing masks when they remain in their rooms. This also applies to people with any type of illness or respiratory difficulty that could be aggravated by wearing a mask, or who, due to their disability or dependency, are unable to remove the mask independently, or who exhibit behavioral issues that make wearing one unfeasible. The Catalan government reminds the public that the mask must fit snugly against the face and mouth, covering from the bridge of the nose to the chin. Among the cases exempt from the new requirement are those in which its use is incompatible due to the nature of the activities and "in accordance with the indications of the health authorities," it was resolved.

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Spain has surpassed 100,000 deaths due to coronavirus this Tuesday. Since the pandemic broke out two years ago, 100,037 people have died, 18,179 of whom lived in Catalonia. Updated data from the Spanish Ministry of Health indicate that just over 11 million positives have been detected, although this figure is much lower than the real figure since cases were underdetected for months and now, after the drop in cases, contacts are no longer being followed up.

The fight against the pandemic is like an obstacle course in which, with each hurdle that is overcome, we get a little closer to precovid normality. This Saturday is one of those important days in this process because it is no longer mandatory to wear a mask outdoors as long as a minimum distance of 1.5 meters between people can be maintained. A year after this measure came into force, then, and coinciding with the arrival of the strongest heat, we will be able to drop our masks, breathe air without any interference and see each other's faces again. It will be a step comparable to the opening of the hospitality industry or the recovery of mobility, a change that confirms the good forecasts about the impact of vaccination.

From today onwards you can walk down the street without a mask. This is the main novelty that brings the second de-escalation of the pandemic in the second summer of coronavirus. The Spanish government has agreed to amend Article 6 of the law of the new normality, approved last March 29th, which regulates the mandatory use of the mask, and will no longer have to wear it in outdoor spaces, provided that you can maintain the safety distance of 1.5 meters. In enclosed spaces it will have to be worn. This is everything you need to know about the new use of masks:

After being greatly disappointed last week by celebrations to mark the end of the state of alarm, the director of the Center for Coordination of Health Alerts and Emergencies (CAES), Fernando Simon, was clearly optimistic about the evolution of the pandemic despite the end of the night curfew. Simón considered Spain's data to be "very flattering" in terms of the evolution of the pandemic and has even opened the door to ending compulsory mask-wearing outdoors and in certain places such as nursing homes in "not many days".

From tomorrow, Wednesday, the mask will be mandatory throughout the state regardless of whether or not the interpersonal distance of 1.5 meters is kept in all spaces that are not private, also in the middle of the forest or the top of a mountain. The decision, published in the Official State Bulletin (BOE) on Tuesday, does not mean any change for Catalans nor for the majority of citizens of other regions, since last summer most regional governments, such as the Catalan, passed their own law stating it had to be worn at all times. Now the novelty is that the decree that regulated the so-called new normality once the state of alarm ended, in June last year, has been approved in the form of a law. And the rule, after passing through the Spanish Parliament and Senate, pushes for stricter rules on masks, making them compulsory when you are on the sand on the beach or in a pool that is not private, a possibility that the Generalitat already ruled out when the debate took place last summer.